The Daily Express leads with the Bank of England’s claim that big-spending consumers will send the economy surging back to pre-COVID levels this year. Spurred on by the vaccine rollout, the boom will trigger the country’s fastest growth since the Second World War.
Families desperate for a sunshine break should learn on Friday which countries will be safe to visit under the traffic light system – with Portugal, Malta and Gibraltar expected to be on the “green list” of hotspots that do not trigger quarantine for returning tourists, writes the Daily Mirror.
The row over Channel fishing rights escalated after furious French skippers threatened to block UK goods from entering Calais, in a sign the dispute is far from over, writes the Daily Mail.
The Independent claims Britons aged under 40 will be offered an alternative to the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID vaccine as a precautionary move by the government. The paper says out of more than 27 million AZ jabs given, over a fifth of the 242 blood clot cases detected were in the under-40s.
An inquiry says spending on the NHS, social care and public health needs to rise by £102bn in a decade, funded by big tax increases, to improve Britain’s health in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, according to The Guardian.
The Daily Telegraph says Boris Johnson will defy trade union pressure and announce on Monday that secondary school children will no longer have to wear face masks in lessons.
French trawlermen who blockaded Jersey in a battle over fishing rights rammed a pleasure boat, held up a cargo ship for four hours, and then retreated, going back home by lunchtime, reports Metro.
The Bank of England expects the UK economy to grow by 7.25% this year – a much stronger recovery from the pandemic – built on the back of higher consumer spending, writes the Financial Times.
